I tried multiple combination of user / pswd. Retrieved stored pswd in FF from backup files. No luck at all. so running out of options.

Most likely LimeSurvey or your server is not configured correctly email-wise.
What you can always do is to edit the users table and for the password insert the following hash:
5e884898da28047151d0e56f8dc6292773603d0d6aabbdd62a11ef721d1542d8

which is the hash for word 'password'. Let us know if that helped.

Much thanks for your quick reply. To make sure I take the right files etc. To which file do you refer and were can this be found in which folder.

This is not a file. You will need a database tool, like phpMyAdmin and edit the contents of the users table in your MySQL database.

Hi, that worked :)
but on check of the DB I did see, that i did use the correct email adress. so that still leaves me with the question why LIme did not sent the email to correct the password

Add:
I created and additional superuser, got the confirmation mail and was able to log in. So that solves the problem on both ends.

Still weird though :)

Yeah, weird. Can you retry the password reminder function now and see if you get an reminder email? I tested it here and it worked fine. It seems that that there might a difference between the confirmation and the reminder email which would be, again, weird.

hi,
No still not.
I have now 2 users, both with adm rights
If I request the password in the orginal adm, i get no mail in return
On the other adm user i created, i do get the email.

As i have now manually set my passwords, i have no login issues, but i remains weird. some paramter in the DB?

If you require printscreen of spec DB parts, please let me know

rgds
hans

If you get the email on one email address, then it is most likely a 'problem' of the receiving email server, maybe thinking it is spam.

I verified that before, by switching off the spam settings. Also checked the spam box on the server. It never arrives at the mailserver.

If you have your own root server you should be able to check your mail server logs on the outgoing email.

hi
I am still working on this. I couldnt find it myself. So I put in a tag at the webhoster to help me out. Hopefully they answer me by tomorrow

regards
hans

Any news?

Nope. Just checked the helpticket. Still outstanding, although they did see it. Forwarded another mail to them.

?

finally got my answer pffff. Below between brackets their suggestion]
[What we like to ask you to set a return-path in your script so that if a
email indeed stopped by our spam filter bounce the message to
that can be your email address. sent

On the basis of this bounce message can we actually find out if the message
indeed stopped by our spam filter or if you do not bounce message
receives, or is everything wrong when sending from the application / server.]

Now the question is, how to setup such an return path

THat explains the difference. The Return-path is set by the 'bounce email address' setting. You need to properly configure it globally and for related to your survey.